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Originally Posted by ZenGum
People with nothing to loose are dangerous.
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Yes, and corporate congress is making a mistake by putting people in that position. Americans want to work. The people of this country have always had a strong work ethic. But so many have been put out of work completely or forced to into part time jobs by the sour economy created by the greed of the huge financial outfits and the resulting collapse of the whole financial house of cards.
Recent college graduates can't find jobs and often have a huge educational loans they must repay. The men and women who served this country in the Middle East come home to no jobs and a VA system which is just as likely to kill then as help them. Just ask Big Sarge.
Yet, today the GOP will vote against another jobs bill yet again. I do not understand what makes people think that "producers" need tax breaks before they will create jobs. Remember the huge expansion in the economy, the corporations vying with each other to hire workers, the excellent wages employees received back in W.'s administration when he cut all those taxes on the corporations and the wealthy? Me neither.
Americans don't want to be on food stamps. Its shameful. Its a personal defeat. In Colorado, able-bodied people must do a certain amount of civic work in exchange for their food stamp card. That's a great idea. Why not implement this program nation wide and have everyone doing useful work? It would make the food stamp program less costly and the recipients could get a little of their self respect back. Scrapping the food stamp program will only cause even more demoralization and children will be denied things like milk and fresh vegetables and a little meat - foods a child needs for healthy growth.
This is the kind of stuff that turns citizens into people with nothing to lose. And it is completely unnecessary.
There is a wonderful statement by
Bill Moyers explaining what has and is happening in the US today. It's a little long but the content is outstanding.
@ Dana and Brianna - Thank you for your kind replies.
When I posted that, I had just finished sending a bunch of e-mails to Congress and the energy sort of overlapped here.